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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1954
Page
3
New York reports from the fall wholesale collections show a move away from tight silhouettes toward slouchy jackets and bloused backs. Designers favor comfortable, versatile pieces such as costume suits and dress-jacket ensembles, with tweed fabrics, fur trims, and soft, natural shoulders driving the season.
Mrs Karl G Wenzel founder first director of the Middle wn Civic Chorus and her husband return to Middletown for the First Lutheran central banquet at the Man ster Hotel on Sept 3. Mrs Wenzel, a voice teacher and soloist in New Jersey churches, directs a Sussex County Oratorio Society and serves as federation chair for the basic department after six years in Jersey.
Past and present employees of W. T. Grant Co. gathered at Holiday House grounds for a reunion picnic. Mrs. George McFeeters, with the company 15 years, received congratulatory messages from Chicago and New York and a gift from J. J. Millar, Grant's district manager, after a chicken dinner.
Mrs. Thrash er and Mrs. Sutton hosted a tea and shower for Miss Janet Conover of Cincinnati sister of the bride elect to Robert Work of Cincinnati. The Thrasher home on Grand Avenue featured gladioli daisies and blue vitex with Mrs. Wilkens at the tea table. Attendees included several Mrs. Shull families and Conover relatives. The couple will wed at 7 30 p.m. July 23 at the First Christian Church in Madisonville.
Miss Maxine Caudill, bride elect of Loran Richardson, was honored at a Dix Road party hosted by Mrs. Ray Pilkenton and Mrs. Eugene Kirkpatrick. Twenty one guests brought kitchen gifts on a lawn table as games and prizes entertained. The couple are to marry July 24 at Grace Baptist Church in an open ceremony.
The Order of Amaranth Imperial Court invites members to a family picnic on Wednesday at 4 p.m. at the shelter house in Chautauqua.
Miss Betty Mason and William Patton set July 19 as their wedding date at the First Baptist Church. The bride’s parents are Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Mason of Enoch Drive. The couple’s wedding party includes Mrs. William Anthony as matron of honor and Mr. Wallace as best man. A pre nuptial shower honored Miss Mason on Clark Street with gifts and prizes awarded to Mrs. Charles Propps, Mrs. Joe Florence, and Mrs. Donald Robinson.
Seventeen members of Girl Scout Troop 125 and leaders completed a five day camping stay at Gene Verity Lodge. A guest Saturday featured demonstrations and activities for friends with Ann Perkins assisting. Mrs T C McDonald Sr led the troop with Mrs Ed Allen and Mrs Mark Mears as assistants. Counselors included Mrs Gloria Ozvath Miss Martha Wilson and Mrs Mears.
Several Middletown families and friends returned from trips from Ontario Canada to Florida and the Carolinas. Notable journeys include Wolsey Lake Manitoulin Island, Miami Beach, Hollywood Beach and St. Augustine with extended stays in Niagara Falls Cape Cod and Summit New Jersey.
Vital statistics list multiple Franklin and area couples welcoming newborns over the weekend. The records show boys and girls born to Bowen, Richard, Reason, Hoskins, Boyer, Drury, Shackelford, Patrick, De Jarnette, Flischer, Gambit, Rogers, with locations including Franklin Germantown Excello and addresses on River Street Sutphin Street Fleming Road Grand Avenue and more.
A compiled notice lists numerous individuals with medical or surgical conditions. Names include Kenneth Lowe Alvin Back Howard McAllister Fred Winslow Danny Jackson Donald Maxson Ernest Whitesell Mrs. Edward Fox Kevin Hendricks Mildred Smith Charles Barton Courtney Robinson Edward Wengert Wallace Reed Larry Johnson and others along with street addresses and towns.
Kansas City report says Patrolman Carey Majors sought a small dog that had bitten a man for five days. The same dog then bit Majors as he closed in, ending the search for the animal.
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